The Blue Knights held their first 3-day Audition Xperience weekend for the 2015 season which saw record attendance for November Camps for the Blue Knights. The BKXperience camp was held at Rachel B. Noel Middle School with positive reports from all areas of the Blue Knights organization. “The beginning of a journey starts with a […]
Two men with Racine roots will be marching as Santa’s escort before a worldwide audience in the 88th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday, Nov. 27. Randy Chaffee and Tony Holm, both alumni of the Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps, will march with the “Madison Scouts — Corps of Brothers,” a group that combines […]
Greg Jarosz can’t stop marching. Forty-one years after marching in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, Jarosz is going back — and he’ll be marching and playing again. Jarosz, 55, of Pleasant Prairie, will be part of the 426-member Madison Scouts-Corps of Brothers drum and bugle corps that will be the penultimate unit in the parade, […]
Brass Co-Caption Head Dr. Dan Fong announces the 2015 Brass Staff. Together with Co-Caption head Santiago Sabado, many staff members have returned from last year. We also welcome several new technicians, including Mandarins alum Ben Fong, who marched with and taught the corps in the 1960s and 70s. See a full listing of the brass […]
Drum Corps World and Sights & Sounds, Inc. recently made available two new products for drum corps fans around the world. The first is the publications’ eighth historic DVD, this one featuring the 1973 Drum Corps International Championships held at Wisconsin State University (now the University of Wisconsin) in Whitewater, WI, on August 27. This […]
The Vanguard is pleased to welcome Taylor Criswell and Shawn Murphy to the corps’ 2015 Brass staff. Second Lieutenant Taylor Criswell currently serves as the Executive Officer with the US Army School of Music in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He previously served as a noncommissioned officer and euphonium player with the Army Materiel Command Band in […]
A University of Miami graduate will be adding some local flavor to this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Matthew Marshall, who is a French horn member of the Miami Symphony Orchestra, will perform in the parade with the Madison Scouts, a drum and bugle corp he was a member of when […]
Percussion Arranger/Caption Head – John McFarland Co-Caption Head/Snare Technician – Kenji Okubo Snare Technician – David Edwards Tenor Technician – Nicholas Martiniak Tenor Technician – Ian Conyers Tenor Technician – Ryan Marshall Bass Technician – Josh Mitchell Bass Technician – Robert Hairston Cymbal Technician – Prichard Proctor Pearce Cymbal Technician – Jennifer Tarka Front Ensemble […]
The Mandarins have released their 2014 Fall VideoLetter on their Vimeo channel. In this edition, the Mandarins finish summer tour, and begin the new season with their Academies. The 1981 Mandarins Color Guard reunites after 33 years. Watch the video here.
The Bluecoats seek donors to support a scholarship in an effort to reach out to young adults from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The scholarship will apply to the 2015 season and will cover all or part of the corps’ fees, which include instruction, equipment, housing, meals and transportation. Payments are in one dollar […]
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